Author: Bruce Finley
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Remembrance: David Finley, longtime CC professor and dean, 91
Longtime Colorado College political science professor and dean David Dewees Finley died in his home surrounded by loved ones on June 29. He was 91. A former Cold War-era U.S. Army officer, Finley became a Soviet studies specialist and mentored thousands of students over four decades. He came to CC from Stanford University and embraced…
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27-year experiment suggests climate change in the Rockies will lead common Colorado wildflower to extinction
A creamy jasmine wildflower once common across the Colorado mountains may be vanishing forever as climate change brings warmer and drier conditions. That’s the conclusion unveiled Wednesday by scientists who conducted a 27-year experiment above Crested Butte near Gothic at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory tracking northern rock jasmine, a delicate white-petaled species also known…
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Oil and gas spills increased in 2017
Oil and gas spills across Colorado increased in 2017 after two years of decline, with companies reporting nearly a dozen mishaps per week — including numerous leaks along pipelines and at least six cases in which hydrocarbons flowed directly into waterways. A review of the latest state data also shows 22 incidents under investigation in…
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Skimpy snowpack in Colorado mountains has water suppliers concerned
Colorado mountain snowpack shrunk to record-low levels this week, raising concerns about water supply, and some federal authorities calculated even big late snow — if it falls — may not make up for the lag. Survey crews have measured snow depths in southwestern Colorado at 22 percent of normal, the upper Colorado River Basin at…
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Woman leads State Patrol on 75-mile chase
A woman led state troopers on a 75-mile chase Sunday from Jefferson County along Interstate 70 before pulling over in mountainous Summit County. When she didn’t stop, troopers radioed ahead to colleagues, who raced into positions along the I-70 corridor and cleared traffic as a precaution. The woman finally stopped after 66 minutes and was taken…
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Denver says pollution could cost up to $600 million to remove from drinking water
Colorado health officials on Wednesday ignored state scientists and delayed for two years a decision on a mining giant’s push to weaken statewide limits on molybdenum pollution of streams, including a creek flowing into Dillon Reservoir, Denver’s drinking water supply. Denver Water contends that Climax Molybdenum’s campaign to jack up molybdenum pollution limits 43 times…
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Man and dog he was trying to save killed by semi-truck on I-25
A 39-year-old man racing into traffic to try to save his dog’s life was killed Sunday evening on Interstate 25 south of Fort Collins when a semi-truck hit them both. The dog died, too, Colorado State Patrol Trooper Gabe Easton said. The man, from Tennessee, and a woman who was driving the vehicle northbound on…
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EPA crews working on Gold King cleanup find contamination 100 times higher than danger thresholds for wildlife
SILVERTON – A little toxic-lead pollution in Colorado’s mountains lasts long after jobs go away. Environmental Protection Agency crews conducting Superfund cleanup-prep investigations along Animas River headwaters revealed this week that they’ve found contamination at century-old mine sites at levels 100 times higher than danger thresholds for wildlife. This lead and dozens of other contaminants…
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School leaders say no Confederate flag was displayed at Colorado high school football game
Weld County schools leaders weighed in Sunday after a football game in Denver where Manual High School players and the principal alleged a Confederate flag was displayed and that players were taunted with racial slurs — saying they found no evidence this happened. The Weld officials declared they’ve canceled future sports competitions with Manual High…
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Colorado considers limit for groundwater contamination from PFCs
Colorado health officials grappling with groundwater contamination from firefighting foam — containing a toxic chemical the federal government allows — have proposed to set a state limit to prevent more problems. A Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment limit for the perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) also could give leverage in compelling cleanup by the Air…